OKLAHOMA
Partial Restoration of Lands Withdrawn Under Departmental Order of September 19, 1934

By virtue of the authority vested in the Secretary of the Interior by section 4 of the act of March 3, 1927 (44 Stat. 1347;
25 U.S.C. 398d), it is ordered as follows:

1. The departmental order of September 19, 1934, temporarily withdrawing vacant and undisposed of lands of certain Indian
Reservations, pending restoration of such lands to tribal ownership is hereby revoked so far as it affects the following described
undisposed of lands, within the ceded Wichita, Cheyenne, and Arapahoe, and Kiowa, Comanche, and Apache reservations in Oklahoma:

The lands are for the most part small plots of land located along the boundaries of the Red River and the Canadian River in
Oklahoma.

2. Until 10 a.m. on January 21, 1969, the State of Oklahoma shall have a preferred right of application to select the lands
as provided by R.S. 2276 as amended (43 U.S.C. 852). After that time the lands shall be open to operation of the public land
laws generally, including the mining and the mineral leasing laws, subject to valid existing rights, the provisions of existing
withdrawals, and the requirements of applicable laws. All valid applications received at or prior to 10 a.m. on January 21,
1969, shall be considered as simultaneously filed at that time. Those received thereafter shall be considered in the order
of filing.

Inquiries concerning the lands should be addressed to the Manager, Land Office, Bureau of Land Management, Sante Fe, N. Mex.